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Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States
Trammel, Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°00′52″N 82°17′38″W / 37.01444°N 82.29389°W / 37.01444; -82.29389
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyDickenson
Elevation1,749 ft (533 m)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code24237
Area code276
GNIS feature ID1477119

Trammel is an unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, United States. Trammel is located along Virginia State Route 63 7.6 miles (12.2 km) north of St. Paul. Trammel had a post office with ZIP code 24289 from October 8, 1919, to November 16, 2002; the community is now part of ZIP code 24237.

Trammel was initially settled by a farmer named Hiram Keith. The first school in Trammel, known as the Delphia School, opened in 1898. A new schoolhouse was constructed for the Delphia School in 1924. The Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway began building a line through Dickenson County in 1913 and drove the last spike in Trammel in 1915; service to the community began in 1916.

The main area of Trammel, VA, along Virginia State Route 63

Coal mining was the primary industry at Trammel in the 1920s.

References

  1. "Trammel". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  3. "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  4. Reedy, Dennis (1994). School and Community History of Dickenson County, Virginia. The Overmountain Press. p. 508. ISBN 9781570720109.
  5. Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-57072-256-1.
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